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Viking to Mars - The mission strategy (1975)

Sagan, C.

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Publication Date: 2011-08-16

Description: The Viking mission is discussed which will search for evidence of life on Mars by performing extended and closeup reconnaissance of the planet's surface. Previous unsuccessful Soviet attempts to land scientific payloads on Mars are summarized, and choices of landing sites for the two Viking landers are discussed. The onboard computers in both the orbiter and the two landers are described with emphasis on their 18,000-word memories and reprograming capabilities. The mission profiles and lander programs are outlined in detail, and lander experiments are discussed which will involve surface imaging, meteorological and seismometric measurements, soil sampling, lower atmosphere analysis, and searches for possible Martian microorganisms.

Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION

Type: Sky and Telescope; 50; July 197

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